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We are the soul of a newspaper. Not just any newspaper. We are the soul of the Toronto Sun from back in the day when it was the tabloid everyone in Toronto talked about. We are the people who helped make it happen. Sadly, most of us are long gone from the Sun. Many are now deceased. But when we were all a part of the Sun, as it was, it was a vibrant, kick ass paper that captured the impossible dream.

History Repeating - Propellerheads featuring Shirley Bassey (1998): "The newspapers shout a new style is growing/But it don't know if it's coming or going/There is fashion, there is fad/Some is good, some is bad/And the joke is rather sad"

The Way I Am - Eminem (2000): "And all of this controversy circles me/And it seems like the media immediately/Points a finger at me/So I point one back at 'em/But not the index or pinky. And I am whatever you say I am/If I wasn't, then why would I say I am?/In the paper, everyday I am"

Spooky Girlfriend - Elvis Costello (2002): "Newspapers play with the words of the fanatic"

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One more for the list.... J Giels Band “Centrefold””The years go by I’m looking through a girlie magazineAnd there’s my homeroom angel on the pages in between””My blood runs cold, my memory has just been soldMy angel is the centrefold” and so on.Great old tune

Perhaps it is best forgotten, but worth a mention is the 2002 Broadway musical version of one of the best newspaper movies of all time, "Sweet Smell of Success" (movie was 1957, starring Tony Curtis and Burt Lancaster; musical was written by John Guare and Marvin Hamlisch and starred John Lithgow as columnist J.J. Hunsecker). I saw it during its brief and poorly-reviewed Broadway run and can attest that it really did not work as a musical - but the less-than-catchy songs remain, for what it's worth, including the opening number "The Column" and "Dirt," both about the sleazy biz of columnists and publicists.Look it up on Wikipedia if you're interested- there's even a cast recording available via Amazon.-Linda Williamson

Did anybody mention "My Baby Loves a Bunch of Authors" by Moxy Fruvous? You can't beat this lyric: So I got myself on a streetcar and it drove right into someone,You know the driver said: "I was lookin' straight ahead!" But he was reading the Toronto Sun

The Toronto Sun Family: 1971 - 2017

Current and former Sun Media employees, this blog is for you. We'd like to hear your feelings about the Sun, pro or con, your experiences and if no longer with Sun Media, what you are doing today. There is no "I" in Toronto Sun Family. Just "we."